2020 CAA women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2020
Conference:CAA
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:10
Arena:Schar Center
City:Elon, North Carolina
Television:FloHoops

The 2020 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.[1] The tournament was scheduled to be held from March 11–14, 2020 at the Schar Center in Elon, North Carolina.[2] The champion would have received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[3] On March 12, the NCAA announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[4]

Seeds

All 10 CAA teams are expected to participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams will receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1 Drexel16-22–0 vs. Towson
2 James Madison16-21–1 vs. Towson
3William & Mary12-6
4Towson9-9
5Northeastern9-9
6Delaware8-10
7Elon8-10
8Charleston6-12
9UNCW6-12
10Hofstra0-18

Schedule

SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Wednesday, March 11
112:00 pmNo. 9 UNCW vs No. 8 Charleston69–55FloHoops
24:30 pmNo. 10 Hofstra vs No. 7 Elon71–51
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
23Winner of Game 1 vs No. 1 DrexelCancelled
4No. 5 Northeastern vs No. 4 TowsonCancelled
35Winner of Game 2 vs No. 2 James MadisonCancelled
6No. 6 Delaware vs No. 3 William & MaryCancelled
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
47Winner of Game 3 vs Winner of Game 4Cancelled
8Winner of Game 5 vs Winner of Game 6Cancelled
Championship – Saturday, March 14
59Winner of Game 7 vs Winner of Game 8Cancelled
  • Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* denotes overtime game

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket . ncaa.com. en.
  2. Web site: Elon University Selected To Host 2020 CAA Women's Basketball Championship. caasports.com. en. 2019-04-10.
  3. https://elonphoenix.com/news/2018/6/20/elon-selected-to-host-2020-caa-womens-basketball-championship.aspx “Elon Selected to Host 2020 CAA Women’s Basketball Championship”
  4. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns. NCAA.com. March 12, 2020. March 12, 2020.